Deed Registry Data

Another key data set is deeds data which will allow officials to identify beneficiaries who own or have owned properties, the location of the property, the seller of the property and the date of transfer

This data is useful as a cross check in case beneficiaries were allocated a property in another project

Beneficiaries may have come to own property after receiving a subsidy. In this case, that they own a property should not disqualify them from transfer.

Maturity Roadmap: suggestion for improvement

At present, municipalities and provinces purchase deeds data from private sector providers at significant cost. Ideally, housing authorities should have access to this data directly from the deeds registry via an API that would allow data to be requested and extracted in a specified format. This would enable automated uploading of the data into a database.